Argos, Stamps, Lions, Ticats winners in Week 1

Veteran quarterback Kevin Glenn gets to start for the B.C. Lions with Travis Lulay on the one-game injured list (shoulder).

CFL THIS WEEK

THURSDAY

Toronto at Winnipeg, 5:30 p.m., TSN — With Ottawa’s return to the CFL, Winnipeg is now back in the tougher West Division. Former Roughrider backup Drew Willy is the Blue Bombers QB, but he is only the fifth-best starter in the division. Defeating Ricky Ray and the Argos is a tall task to ask at this juncture.

Pick: Argonauts

SATURDAY

Montreal at Calgary, 12 noon, TSN — The face of the Stampeders is once again RB Jon Cornish (his face is on the league’s fact book as well) and he’s more of a sure thing that quarterbacks Drew Tate and Bo Levi Mitchell, who struggled in preseason. With Anthony Calvillo retired, the Als are now Troy Smith’s team.

Pick: Stampeders

Edmonton at B.C., 3 p.m., TSN — The Eskimos will be improved, but they couldn’t defeat a rookie-laden Lions squad the first time out (albeit it was a preseason contest) and we don’t see them doing it again, not if B.C. starter Kevin Glenn remains on fire as he was in last Friday’s demolition of the Stamps.

Pick: Lions

SUNDAY

Hamilton at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m., TSN — The Roughriders drew just 28,549 for a pair of preseason games (Ottawa, Edmonton) which indicates a long-lasting Grey Cup hangover. The ‘Riders are missing Kory Sheets, Weston Dressler, Craig Butler is a Ticat and first-year starter Zach Collaros has impressed in preseason for Hamilton. We smell upset.